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Jamela Kimbrough

Jamela Kimbrough

Columbia,Missouri

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability, multi-tasking, time management, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Licensed Mortgage Loan Originator

Veterans United Home Loans
Columbia, MO
10.2020 - Current

Full time 40hrs/week

  • Must meet a monthly quota of originating 40 loans to send to senior loan officers.
  • Ensure all files sent to senior loan officers have the ability to be funded.
  • Educate customers on variety of loan products and available credit options to promote discernment and rational decision making without influencing, or guiding clients decisions or actions.
  • Analyze loan applications and credit information to determine eligibility of borrowers for mortgage loans.
  • Keep a detailed record of the decisions made so that Senior Loan Officers know the
  • Keep abreast of any new law or regulation from the company, state, or federal level to make sure that information to potential clients stays accurate.
  • Adhere to federal, state, and company compliance guidelines relative to retail mortgage lending.
  • Must pass yearly licensure tests to remain active in 21 states.

Contracted Student Loan Processor

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
Columbia, MO
08.2019 - 04.2020

Full time 40hrs/week

  • Reviewed and process applications submitted by borrowers to apply a postponement option on their accounts.
  • Assigned tasks to myself through a CRM Software called Hera.
  • Confirmed and compared the borrower’s demographic information with the application the borrower submitted.
  • Updated borrower’s demographic information from the application when data is invalid or missing. Review the application before applying the postponement option to the account.
  • Reviewed account to make sure that the request is not a duplicate task by checking the status of the loans to see if an option has been applied. In the event of redundancy or if information in the application is outdated, the file is notated and the task is closed.
  • Researched missing account information to validate borrower’s enrollment status. Applied proper action after research findings.
  • Thoroughly applied approved actions on each individual loan using the following criteria; type of loan; how old the loan is; who owns the loan or where the loan was originally disbursed from; if the loan went into repayment or not; if there have been more recent disbursements; if the student was in school as a half time or full time student before a 90 day period.
  • Maintained fast-paced schedule by consistently providing satisfactory application approval turnaround times.
  • Met and/or exceed the 21 tasks an hour quota and exceed 70% accuracy.

Student Loan Counselor

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
Columbia, Missouri
08.2016 - 08.2019

Full time 40hrs/week

  • Worked as a call center representative to answer all incoming calls, provide advice and service options to students that had student loans.
  • Answered questions to inquiring students about account information. Such as repayment plan options deferment, forbearance, or forgiveness options, etc.
  • Send paperwork often times pre-filled to borrowers to assist with their loan product
  • Explained and guided students through applications so that they understood what the document was for, what was necessary documentation to attach and to ensure that the document was filled out correctly
  • Advised how to navigate the online website and mobile application so that students had easy access to their account information.
  • Listened carefully to customer complaints and swiftly resolved issues by taking appropriate action. Often times to alert the proper departments of potential mistakes or errors in the account
  • Entered notes for each call to detail the conversation between the student and myself and have a 24 second window to

Shadowing Student

Harry S Truman V.A. Hospital
Columbia, Mo
02.2019 - 02.2019

Job Shadow

  • Shadowed Laboratory professionals such as Autopsy Technician for total of 6 hours to learn best approaches.
  • Viewed the complete autopsy of the deceased
  • Exposed to the process of specimen measurement, collection, and labeling

Assistant Manager of Coverage East Clerk

FaberandBrandLLC
Columbia, MO
06.2014 - 08.2016

Full time 40hrs/week

  • Prepared dockets consisting of 1-50 cases or more in each county across the united states, per business day for 5 attorneys, 2 business days prior for our in house attorneys at least two days ahead of the scheduled hearing.
  • Assisted legal staff with collation and organization of case documentation and administrative tasks.
  • Drafted legal pleadings, motions and dismissals for closed cases.
  • Delegated daily tasks to team members to optimize group productivity.
  • Planned and prepared workflow schedules, delegating tasks for 5 member team.
  • Trained existing employees on the processes of my department and other departmental jobs.
  • Mentored staff to enhance skills and achieve daily targets, using hands-on and motivational leadership
  • Enforced company policies and procedures to strengthen operational standards across departments
  • Developed organization systems for filing Judgments, Stipulation agreements, court documents, legal records, reports and agendas.
  • Kept firm's database updated with new information from cases and managed client records, and court documents to facilitate the work of litigation team.

Tutor

Indiana Institute of Technology TutoringCenter
Fort Wayne, IN
10.2013 - 05.2014

Part Time 10-20 hrs/week

  • Created comfortable tutoring environment conducive to learning.
  • Assisted students in finding useful study methods to enhance academic performance.
  • Actively studied and analyzed different learning methods to determine the best instructional strategies for students
  • Instructed students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds to help to improve writing skills and excel in school.
  • Collaborated with students to identify educational goals and initiated strategies to keep plans on track.
  • Quizzed students on learning materials and used special techniques to help in subject matter recall.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice - Crime Analyst

Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN
05.2014

Bachelor of Science - Forensic Science

Columbia College
Columbia, MO

Skills

  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Relationship building
  • Collaboration
  • Customer service-focused
  • listening skills
  • Regulatory requirements
  • Organizational skills
  • Work ethic
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Multitasking
  • Recordkeeping abilities
  • articulating complex information in a digestible way

Accomplishments

  • Bonused as a Licensed Mortgage Loan Originator at Veterans United 2021,2022,2023
  • Top Performer as a MOHELA Studen Loan Counselor from 2016-2019

Affiliations

  • Hall of Fame Inductee (2023)
  • NAIA National Champions in Track and Field (2013)
  • Top 10 in the Nation for NAIA Track in both Indoor and Outdoor competitions (2011-2014)

Certification

  • Licensed Mortgage Loan Originator, Veterans United - 2020
  • Licensed Professional Medical Coding and Billing - 2020-expired

Timeline

Licensed Mortgage Loan Originator

Veterans United Home Loans
10.2020 - Current

Contracted Student Loan Processor

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
08.2019 - 04.2020

Shadowing Student

Harry S Truman V.A. Hospital
02.2019 - 02.2019

Student Loan Counselor

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
08.2016 - 08.2019

Assistant Manager of Coverage East Clerk

FaberandBrandLLC
06.2014 - 08.2016

Tutor

Indiana Institute of Technology TutoringCenter
10.2013 - 05.2014

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice - Crime Analyst

Indiana Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science - Forensic Science

Columbia College
Jamela Kimbrough